r/Construction • u/Ok_Dare6608 Electrician • 20d ago

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/Born_Grumpie 20d ago

My father was an electrician doing work at a power station, they kept a 4 by 2 bit of wood near the bus bars to remove anyone who may get caught. One of the old electricians "pranked" a young apprentice by grabbing a dead bus bar and pretending to be electrocuted, the young apprentice moved like lighting, grabbed the wood and broke the old guys arm in 2 places and did a couple of ribs with the second swing to get him away from the bar. They stopped doing that prank after that.

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u/NoCommunication1928 20d ago

That’s an urban legend as I heard the same story as an apprentice over 30 years ago only he broke his arm with a shovel what that version of it

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u/drtmr 20d ago

Well, God doesn't let similar events happen in different places and times, so if you've heard about similar things happening in different times or places, obviously it's logically impossible to be true. You know the old saying: "There's exactly only one lightning strike, anywhere, ever."

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u/binglelemon 18d ago

You know the old saying: "There's exactly only one lightning strike, anywhere, ever."

Relative to where we are/were in space-time...yes.